Card protector



April f 12, 1927. 1,624,719

P. DIXON CARD PROTECTOR Fi1e-d July 5. 1926 Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

@A rau ersten CARD PROTECTOR Applicationinea July s,

The present invention relates to vimprove- 1 ments'incard protectorsandhas for an ob' ience will be sustained in extracting the cards from theprotector. e.

Another object' of the invention isto provide a4 card protector in"which siinpllcity and linexpensiveness of construction andy manufactureare secured, and in which the protector may be used advantageously foradvertising.purposes.

j Viththe foregoing and other objects view, the invention will beinorefully de-Vr scribed' hereinafter, andwill be more par- Referring moreparticularly to the drawings, the 'case is preferably made fromcelluloid or some material possessing a substantial inherent flexibilityor resiliency, in order that the case may seek the closed position andremain in this closed flat position tightly embracing the cards.

The case consists of the backwall 6, the

end walls 7 and 8, and thevflaps 9 and 10. i The back wall 6 may beofiany dimensions and shape, but is here shown to be of rectangularconstruction and as conforming substantially in dimensions to thedimensions of the stack of visiting cards 11, shown in Figure 1 in theholder, The end walls 7 and 8 are in one piece with the back wall 6, andextend forwardly at substantially right angles from the vertical ends ofsuch back wall 6; while the flaps 9 and 10 are in one piece with the endwalls 7 and 8 and extend in substantial parallelism with the back wall 6and at approximately right angles to the end walls 7 and 8, from thevertical edgesv of which they are bent in- 1926.l serial No. '120,462'.-

wardly'lof thel case. `I`Thesjeflaps 9 and 10 i preferably Vhave roundedupper :andflo'wer free corner-portions, not only `to add totheattractiveness'of the article',` but"'a'ls'o to the cards only fOlfasuflici'ent distance '"to secure the cards in'place betweenthe flaps lof the back wall 6.' The' resiliency, and stiff; ness'in the. Celluloidmaterialwill'fprevent these flaps 9 and 10 from yielding forward topermit ofthe escape of ther cards; but Inormally the relativelyshortflaps 9v and 10 are reinforcediin this respect by the front cover wall12which is hingedlysecured to they lower edge ofthe back wallv 6 throughthe bottoni wall 13, which extends atfsubstantially rright angles:from'the backv wall', being bent forwardy from the same piece of.material; Th'ebottoin wall'13 willbe of a `thickness substantially equal`to "the thickness ofthe cardstack or the depth ofthe holder, the bottomwallprojecting just forward of the planes of the 'front 'facesoftheflaps 9 and 10 in order that the-front cover wall 12 will lie flatagainst the flaps 9 and 10, and these flaps 9 and 10 substantiallyvagainst also the front faces of the card pack 11. The vbottom, wall 13is attached to the case only along its rear edge and it is unattached tothe side walls 7 and 8, or to the flaps whereby on swinging of the frontcover wall downwardly, as indicated in Figure 1, the bottom wall 13- mayspring away from the bottom of the card pack, thus allowing for verticalmanipulation of the cards either 6G i i facilitate'the entrance of thecards." These llap's 9 and 10 'overlap the front portionsof up or down,and thus freeing the cards for veither extraction from or introductioninto wall 6. lThe locking flap 15 is also prefer-v ably provided with,.rounded corners to add to the appearance of the case and to provideease in manipulating the flap between the fingers.

In the use of the device, the casein-ay, as

heretofore stated, be made of a thin cellul loid material and thisCelluloid is susceptible of reproduction in various colors, styles andconfiguration, .and Ifhave `found that an imitation mother-of-pearltransparent celluloid material forms a very attractive case,

as it reveals through the front cover wall 12, the names or other dataupon the cards. The closed case assumes the flat condition shown inFigures 2 and 5, and the Celluloid being thin, there is no great bulk tothe package and it may be carried in a ladys handbag, or a gentlemansvest pocket. The celluloid material fits closely about the cards andprevents soiling of the same and the front cover l2 may be readilybrought forward by prying the resilient locking flap 15 up from the backand drawing forward upon` the front cover. Access is then had to the topand front portions of the cards, and also to the bottom edges thereof,so that the finger-nail may be inserted beneath the card if it will notyield by pressure ot the fingers upon the front'face of the card. ljVhenthe card projects slightly above the pack, it can be grasped between thethumb and finger and easily withdrawn from the case, the celluloidmaterial being particularly smooth and not binding upon the edges of thecards. In inserting the cards in the case, the entire pack of properthickness may be introduced downwardly between the back wall and the aps9 and 10 or the pack may be slid in through the front of the case,engaging one edge of the pack beneath one of the flaps 9 and l0, andthen .snapping theother flap back and over the other edge of the pack,after this edge is positioned against the back wall.

Advertising matter may be placed upon the case, if desired.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications maybe made in thedetails of construction and design of the above specilically describedembodiment of this invention, without departing from the spirit thereof,such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of thefollowing claim. s

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:-

A card protector comprising a single sheet of material possessing asubstantial inherent flexibility and resiliency cut to provide a bodywall with end flaps and a cover Wall at one longitudinal edge, said endflaps being benton spaced apart sharp crease lines into spacedoverlapping relation upon the body wall to hold a stack of cardsthereagainst, said cover wall being bent on sharp spaced apart creaselines into overlapping relation upon said flaps and over the body wallto enclose the stack of cards and having a closure flap at its free edgebent on spaced crease lines intospaced overlapping relation upon thecover wall and adapted to snap about the opposite longitudinal edge ofthe body wall for closing in the stack of cards and retaining the coverwall closed. l

PAUL DIXON.

